How common is the surname Knepper?

3,930 people in the United States had the surname Knepper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,561 Americans. It ranked 8,408th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Knepper?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Knepper identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Knepper?

Robert Knepper, American actor, followed by Jimmy Knepper.

Where is the surname Knepper most common?

Wikidata records people named Knepper in the United States.

Is the surname Knepper getting more or less common?

More common. 3,541 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,930 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Knepper

A surname, carried by 3,930 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K516

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Knepper is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,930 people named Knepper in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,561 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,541.

#8,408

rank among US surnames

3,930

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+11%

change since 2000 (was #8,562)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,404	Alvis	3,936	78,441
#8,405	Carrick	3,935	78,461
#8,407	Heron	3,934	78,481
#8,408	Winton	3,930	78,561
#8,414	McKinzie	3,929	78,581

Who is named Knepper

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Knepper identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kneppers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Knepper
American actor, born 1959
Jimmy Knepper
American jazz trombonist (1927–2003)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Knepper

Kemper

Knepper has the Soundex code K516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K516.

Questions

How common is the surname Knepper?: 3,930 people in the United States had the surname Knepper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,561 Americans. It ranked 8,408th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Knepper?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Knepper identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Knepper?: Robert Knepper, American actor, followed by Jimmy Knepper.
Where is the surname Knepper most common?: Wikidata records people named Knepper in the United States.
Is the surname Knepper getting more or less common?: More common. 3,541 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,930 in 2010, up 11%.